Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: The ecosystem approach in practice

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Borja, Angel ^a   Elliott, Michael ^b   Andersen, Jesper H ^c   Berg, Torsten ^d   Carstensen, Jacob ^e   Halpern, Benjamin S ^f,g,h   Heiskanen, Anna Stiina ⁱ   Korpinen, Samuli ⁱ   Stewart Lowndes, Julia S ^g   Martin, Georg ^j   Rodriguez Ezpeleta, Naiara ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c NIVA Denmark Water Research   (Denmark)

^d MARILIM AQUATIC RESEARCH GMBH   (Germany)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

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Author keywords

Assessment; Ecosystem approach; Health; Indicators; Integration; Science based communication; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008946420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00020     Document Type: Review

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